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Graham Stringer vs Sir James Cleverly

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 984 shared comparable votes.

141 same votes 843 different votes 984 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
43 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 67% aligned 99 shared votes
34 Aye 65 No
17 Aye 25 No
Trade 12% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 34 No
Transport 9% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 20 No
Defence 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 48 No
Migration 6% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

57.7%
14% below average
Rank 577 of 649
Participation
69.7%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
1,366
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,650
2,368 eligible divisions
683
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
774
46.9% of votes cast
683
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
876
53.1% of votes cast
112
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
43
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
86
-53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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